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15 Romolo

30s / 40s / Alternative / Bar / Beer

Party Earth Review Only halfway up a small alley but worlds away from the neighboring North Beach strip clubs, 15 Romolo – inside the extended-stay Basque Hotel – is a hard-to-find bar that entices crowds with intricately crafted cocktails and a hipster vibe not exactly prevalent in this touristy part of town. A dark saloon décor forms a ... more

Basque Hotel
15 Romolo Place
San Francisco, CA 94133

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Press Club

30s / 40s / Ambient Jazz / Artsy / DJ

Party Earth Review Wine lovers craving a trip to Napa Valley can save themselves the hour trek by popping into Press Club instead, a cavernous, subterranean lounge and wine bar popular with chic ladies and dedicated connoisseurs eager to sift, swirl, and sip their way through the evening. Tucked below Yerba Buena Lane – a pedestrian-only ... more

20 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Steff's Sports Bar

30s / 40s / After Work / Bar Food

Party Earth Review Easy walking distance from the high rises towering over Downtown, Steff’s Sports Bar is a relaxed dive with lots of TVs and very little pretense. Mostly mellow during the week, the joint is popular with financial types who often sneak in during lunch, shedding their ties at the dark wooden bar and sipping a few Buds under ... more

141 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Dave's

30s / 40s / After Work / Artists / TVs

Party Earth Review A cozy neighborhood Giants haunt located in the midst of a sea of hotels and offices, Dave’s attracts a varied clientele with its affordable grub and heavy-handed drink specials. Though the single-room joint is a San Francisco sports bar to its core – evidenced by the extensive collection of Giants memorabilia – regular ... more

29 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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Rye

30s / 40s / Blazers / Casual / Couples

Rye - Cocktail Bar | Lounge in San Francisco.

Party Earth Review Tucked near the border of affluent Nob Hill and the decidedly non-affluent Tenderloin, Rye is a cozy cocktail lounge with a name alluding to whiskey but a menu far more generous to gin. Once inside, well-dressed mixology geeks order gimlets crafted with great care, and newbies learn fast that the small sunken bar is not ... more

688 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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The Parlor

30s / 40s / Bar / Bottle Service / DJ

Party Earth Review Located in tourist-heavy Fisherman’s Wharf, The Parlor is equal parts dance club, sports bar, and classic cocktail lounge. Daily Happy Hours entice preppy young Giants fans from the nearby Marina to drop in for a game and a Bud, not to mention the tidal waves of out-of-towners making a pit stop before hitting the area’s ... more

2801 Leavenworth Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

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The Wreck Room

20s / After Work / Arcade Games

Party Earth Review Perched on the western slope of the normally mellow neighborhood of Nob Hill, there’s a bustling arcade-meets-sports-bar called The Wreck Room. The black brick façade has all the standard trappings of a dive, but inside, the clean lacquered floors, fancy fake vintage beer signs, and wall of top-shelf liquor cater to a ... more

1390 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

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Laszlo

Artists / Artsy / Bar / Bar Food / DJ

Party Earth Review San Franciscans expect to find everything from gritty dives to upscale lounges in The Mission, but Laszlo – at least for now – is the neighborhood’s only communist-themed drinking den. Granted, the commie vibe is subtle, mostly represented by a mix of Cold War-era propaganda on the otherwise bare walls, red and black banquettes ... more

2526 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

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Elbo Room

20s / 30s / 80s Music / Acoustic / ATM

Party Earth Review Home since the 1930s to a Spanish restaurant, a cowboy bar, and even a women’s nightclub, nowadays the Elbo Room is all about eclectic music and nightly Happy Hour specials. Reminiscent of a bordello, the space draws neighborhood hipsters early in the evening, who belly up to the bar to down PBR tallboys in the red hue ... more

647 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

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Trad'r Sam

20s / 30s / ATM / Anything goes / Rum

Party Earth Review It may get cold and damp on the city’s west side, especially way out in outer Richmond, but it always smells like sun-drenched pineapples and rum at Trad’r Sam, a tiki-themed dive that’s been serving up big bowls of sugary sweet drinks to a party-happy young crowd since the 1930s. Surfboards, palm fronds, life preservers ... more

6150 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94121

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Monroe

Affluent / Ambient / Bar / Club / DJ

Party Earth Review The remnants of old Hollywood live on at Monroe, an upscale lounge that infuses a little classic celebrity glamour into the hard-partying North Beach scene. With ubiquitous dark wood flooring, sleek low banquettes, and wall-sized fashion and art tapestries bearing everything from galloping horses to sultry models, the venue ... more

473 Broadway Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

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Eastside West Restaurant & Bar

20s / 30s / Bottle Service / Brunch

Party Earth Review One of three catty-corner bars that make up The Triangle – the undeniable heart of the preppy Marina singles scene – Eastside West Restaurant & Bar is a quiet and stylish seafood joint for much of the week. Fridays, however, see a flood of young blood start trickling in for Happy Hour, with former college frat stars snagging ... more

3154 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

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Bus Stop

30s / 40s / Arcade Games / Blouses

Party Earth Review Situated on trendy Union Street, Bus Stop is a neighborhood sports bar popular with relaxed Giants-loving regulars on game days and more boisterous twenty-something social butterflies on Friday and Saturday nights. Weekdays see middle-aged sports buffs in baseball hats and college football sweatshirts hanging out in the ... more

1901 Union Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

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Bacchus Wine & Sake Bar

20s / 30s / 40s / After Work / Ambient

Party Earth Review While cozy wine bars have arguably become as quintessentially San Franciscan as cable cars, steep hills, and brightly painted Victorians, Bacchus Wine & Sake Bar puts added emphasis on the “cozy” part. Situated on a tree-lined block of Hyde Street, the tiny venue could classify as crowded with barely a dozen people inside ... more

1954 Hyde Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

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Bamboo Hut

After Work / Anything goes / EDM

Party Earth Review Located right on the border between Downtown and North Beach's seedy heart – an area that’s catered to sexual indiscretion since the 1800s – Bamboo Hut is a tropical refuge from the titty bars and porn shops that still populate Broadway Street today. A giant tiki head marks the entrance, but that’s just the beginning of ... more

479 Broadway Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

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Rye

30s / 40s / Blazers / Casual / Couples

688 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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15 Romolo

30s / 40s / Alternative / Bar / Beer

Basque Hotel
15 Romolo Place
San Francisco, CA 94133

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Zeitgeist

20s / 30s / ATM / Anything goes / Beer

Party Earth Review Born as a biker haven, Zeitgeist has evolved into an institutional dive that attracts everyone from Harley loyalists to skinny-jeaned bike messengers with its mix of surly bartenders, solid beer selection, and expansive graffiti-laden courtyard. Beneath the venue’s unmistakable logo – a Playboy bunny with a skull instead ... more

199 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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John Colins

30s / Bands / Bottle Service / DJ

Party Earth Review Located on the ground floor of a brick office building and accessed via a narrow alley just off Montgomery Street, John Colins is a popular little club with Happy Hour specials characteristic of a casual neighborhood bar. Murals of coastal scenes and mounted surfboards combine with impressionistic cityscapes to create ... more

138 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Steff's Sports Bar

30s / 40s / After Work / Bar Food

141 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Union Square Sports Bar

30s / 40s / Ambient / Anything goes

Party Earth Review Tucked a few blocks away from its bustling Downtown namesake, Union Square Sports Bar is a safe haven for sports lovers fleeing a shopping trip and tourists looking to escape the crowds. Dimly lit by neon sports logos and beer signs, the long bar tends to fill up with office types and nearby hotel guests in the early evening ... more

115 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

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Chug Pub

20s / 30s / Absinthe / Arcade Games

Party Earth Review With standard-issue Guinness signs, tarnished mirrors, Celtic script, and an abundance of dark hardwood, the Irish vibe is alive and smilin’ at Chug Pub, clearly a nod to its former life as The Dubliner. The addition of several large screens tuned to nothing but baseball and football, however – not to mention some of the ... more

1849 Lincoln Way
San Francisco, CA 94122

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Li Po Cocktail Lounge

20s / 30s / 40s / 80s Music / ATM / DJ / Pop

Party Earth Review Apart from its cave-like exterior and the big carved Buddha in a niche behind the bar, Li Po Cocktail Lounge is far from an ancient Chinese shrine. It was, however, formerly an opium den – at least that’s the rumor – and bartenders often spook visitors with tales of drug-addled ghosts showing up when people forget to tip ... more

916 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94108

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Dave's

30s / 40s / After Work / Artists / TVs

29 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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SF Bars Overview

Biscuits and Blues - Bar | Live Music Venue | Restaurant in SF

Open your golden gates, Bay Area, and let us in to the incredible array of bars in San Francisco. The city is certainly known for its wine given the proximity to the famed Napa Valley, and lovers of the grape will enjoy a thousand lifetimes of wine bars, from swanky spots to budget-friendly dens to down a bottle or three.

If sipping wine doesn’t entice, it’s hardly a chore to fill the void, as SF bars cover the gamut and serve up just about everything one can imagine. The hipster-heavy Mission is known for its great mixology spots and gastropubs, as well as a plethora of gritty dive bars that seemingly haven’t been cleaned since the Great Earthquake.

It’s a meat-market in the upscale Marina on the weekends, with bar-hoppers spilling into the streets, and the same can be said of Polk Street in Russian Hill. Known for its vivid gay history, The Castro welcomes everyone into its bars with the requisite rainbow flags out front, and though the hippy heydays have long since burned off The Haight, it’s still a great place to find cheap beer and unpretentious drinking dens.

San Francisco bars are like its people: diverse, festive, and full of life, so whether visitors want to cry in their beer at a Tenderloin dive, sample the latest mixology craze at a speakeasy blocks away, or let loose in a tropical drink paradise way on the outskirts of town, SF bars have it covered like the fog covers the city.

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